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2 Cross Street Maidstone Kent ME14 2SN

22/504486/PNMPrior Notification Class MRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 November 2022

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for the change of use of ground floor from a hot food takeaway into 2no. one bedroom flats with associated building operations. For its prior approval to: - Transport and Highways impacts of the development - Contamination risks in relation to the building - Flooding risks in relation to the building - Impact of the development on shops, financial and professional services and hot food takeaways or a building used as a launderette - Impact of the development on the sustainability of a key shopping area - Design and external appearance impacts on the building, and - Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.

Received
15 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 2 Cross Street Maidstone Kent ME14 2SN. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.

83% of outline applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME14 2SN
Application type
Prior Notification Class M
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2022
Consultation expiry
14 November 2022
Last date for comments
14 November 2022
Target decision date
10 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Dan Blake Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road North Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 October 2022
Site notice end
14 November 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11533768
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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